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In 2011, the birthrate for teenage girls in California dropped to its lowest level since 1991, a state report released Wednesday announced.
Twenty-eight children were born in the state for every 1,000 teenage girls, a sharp decline from 1991 when the rate peaked at 70.9 births for every 1,000 teenage girls.
Public health experts say state laws are responsible for the decline because they require public schools that offer sex education classes to provide scientifically reliable instructions on how contraceptives work along with information about abstinence.
Reproductive health planning projects like the California Personal Responsibility Education Program are also credited with the lower numbers.
"What I see are teenagers who are poorly informed about the risk and also who don't know where to go for services," Khemet said.
It's unclear if testing could partly account for the STD spike. Screening methods have improved in recent years, becoming less invasive and therefore more appealing to youths, Moscicki said. More testing can translate into higher reported infection rates.
On the other hand, when youths have poor access to medical care, they aren't tested for long stretches of time and can continue to spread their infection. Sacramento County has closed four of its five public health clinics – which provided STD screening and treatment – due to budget cuts in the past three years.
Poor access to health care partly explains why STD rates are higher among young minorities, Moscicki said. In Sacramento County, infection rates have jumped across all races, but the increases have been highest among blacks and Asian Americans.
Read more here: STDs rise for young women - Grace Rubenstein - The Sacramento Bee
From your own link Katz:
"What I see are teenagers who are poorly informed about the risk and also who don't know where to go for services," Khemet said.
It's unclear if testing could partly account for the STD spike. Screening methods have improved in recent years, becoming less invasive and therefore more appealing to youths, Moscicki said. More testing can translate into higher reported infection rates.
On the other hand, when youths have poor access to medical care, they aren't tested for long stretches of time and can continue to spread their infection. Sacramento County has closed four of its five public health clinics which provided STD screening and treatment due to budget cuts in the past three years.
Poor access to health care partly explains why STD rates are higher among young minorities, Moscicki said. In Sacramento County, infection rates have jumped across all races, but the increases have been highest among blacks and Asian Americans.
Read more here: STDs rise for young women - Grace Rubenstein - The Sacramento Bee
Thanks
Poor teens who don't get std's have the same access to health care as those who get std's. They just don't have the same belief in a right to fuck the world.
From your own link Katz:
"What I see are teenagers who are poorly informed about the risk and also who don't know where to go for services," Khemet said.
It's unclear if testing could partly account for the STD spike. Screening methods have improved in recent years, becoming less invasive and therefore more appealing to youths, Moscicki said. More testing can translate into higher reported infection rates.
]On the other hand, when youths have poor access to medical care, they aren't tested for long stretches of time and can continue to spread their infection. Sacramento County has closed four of its five public health clinics – which provided STD screening and treatment – due to budget cuts in the past three years.
Poor access to health care partly explains why STD rates are higher among young minorities, Moscicki said. In Sacramento County, infection rates have jumped across all races, but the increases have been highest among blacks and Asian Americans.
Thanks
stop spreading BS, please - STD testing upon request is available FOR FREE for the poor populace in the majority of states across the country.
State teen birthrate dropped to lowest level in 20 years - latimes.com
In 2011, the birthrate for teenage girls in California dropped to its lowest level since 1991, a state report released Wednesday announced.
Twenty-eight children were born in the state for every 1,000 teenage girls, a sharp decline from 1991 when the rate peaked at 70.9 births for every 1,000 teenage girls.
Public health experts say state laws are responsible for the decline because they require public schools that offer sex education classes to provide scientifically reliable instructions on how contraceptives work along with information about abstinence.
Reproductive health planning projects like the California Personal Responsibility Education Program are also credited with the lower numbers.
Sex Ed works...whoda thunk it? Rational folks that's who
State teen birthrate dropped to lowest level in 20 years - latimes.com
In 2011, the birthrate for teenage girls in California dropped to its lowest level since 1991, a state report released Wednesday announced.
Twenty-eight children were born in the state for every 1,000 teenage girls, a sharp decline from 1991 when the rate peaked at 70.9 births for every 1,000 teenage girls.
Public health experts say state laws are responsible for the decline because they require public schools that offer sex education classes to provide scientifically reliable instructions on how contraceptives work along with information about abstinence.
Reproductive health planning projects like the California Personal Responsibility Education Program are also credited with the lower numbers.
Sex Ed works...whoda thunk it? Rational folks that's who
Or it could be because of the abortion rate. Just sayin'. It's just as easy to make the correlation that abortion has reduced the birth rate as sex education.
State Facts About Abortion: California
• In 2008, 1.2 million American women obtained abortions, producing a rate of 19.6 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. The rate is virtually unchanged from 2005, when the abortion rate was 19.4 abortions per 1,000 women 15-44.
• In 2008, 214,190 women obtained abortions in California, producing a rate of 27.6 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. Some of these women were from other states, and some California residents had abortions in other states, so this rate may not reflect the abortion rate of state residents. The rate increased 2% since 2005, when it was 27.1 abortions per 1,000 women 15-44. Abortions in California represent 17.7% of all abortions in the United States.
State teen birthrate dropped to lowest level in 20 years - latimes.com
Sex Ed works...whoda thunk it? Rational folks that's who
Or it could be because of the abortion rate. Just sayin'. It's just as easy to make the correlation that abortion has reduced the birth rate as sex education.
State Facts About Abortion: California
In 2008, 1.2 million American women obtained abortions, producing a rate of 19.6 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. The rate is virtually unchanged from 2005, when the abortion rate was 19.4 abortions per 1,000 women 15-44.
In 2008, 214,190 women obtained abortions in California, producing a rate of 27.6 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. Some of these women were from other states, and some California residents had abortions in other states, so this rate may not reflect the abortion rate of state residents. The rate increased 2% since 2005, when it was 27.1 abortions per 1,000 women 15-44. Abortions in California represent 17.7% of all abortions in the United States.
That is a legitimate point. The latest statistics I could find had California at 26 abortions per 1,000. That's teenagers - not the entire reproductive age population.
So it appears that with that factored in - the number has dropped at least 16.9 per 1,000. Assuming that teens are getting abortions at the same ratio as they were in 2008 in relation to all within the entire reproductive age population - the decrease is much higher.
So that's good, right?
I don't get why some seem so determined to create a dark cloud for this silver lining.
It's good news, right?
What a silly comment. Go back and read the evidence.Or it could be because of the abortion rate. Just sayin'. It's just as easy to make the correlation that abortion has reduced the birth rate as sex education.
State Facts About Abortion: California
In 2008, 1.2 million American women obtained abortions, producing a rate of 19.6 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. The rate is virtually unchanged from 2005, when the abortion rate was 19.4 abortions per 1,000 women 15-44.
In 2008, 214,190 women obtained abortions in California, producing a rate of 27.6 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. Some of these women were from other states, and some California residents had abortions in other states, so this rate may not reflect the abortion rate of state residents. The rate increased 2% since 2005, when it was 27.1 abortions per 1,000 women 15-44. Abortions in California represent 17.7% of all abortions in the United States.
That is a legitimate point. The latest statistics I could find had California at 26 abortions per 1,000. That's teenagers - not the entire reproductive age population.
So it appears that with that factored in - the number has dropped at least 16.9 per 1,000. Assuming that teens are getting abortions at the same ratio as they were in 2008 in relation to all within the entire reproductive age population - the decrease is much higher.
So that's good, right?
I don't get why some seem so determined to create a dark cloud for this silver lining.
It's good news, right?
My point is that correlation does not imply causation.
Or it could be because of the abortion rate. Just sayin'. It's just as easy to make the correlation that abortion has reduced the birth rate as sex education.
State Facts About Abortion: California
In 2008, 1.2 million American women obtained abortions, producing a rate of 19.6 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. The rate is virtually unchanged from 2005, when the abortion rate was 19.4 abortions per 1,000 women 15-44.
In 2008, 214,190 women obtained abortions in California, producing a rate of 27.6 abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age. Some of these women were from other states, and some California residents had abortions in other states, so this rate may not reflect the abortion rate of state residents. The rate increased 2% since 2005, when it was 27.1 abortions per 1,000 women 15-44. Abortions in California represent 17.7% of all abortions in the United States.
That is a legitimate point. The latest statistics I could find had California at 26 abortions per 1,000. That's teenagers - not the entire reproductive age population.
So it appears that with that factored in - the number has dropped at least 16.9 per 1,000. Assuming that teens are getting abortions at the same ratio as they were in 2008 in relation to all within the entire reproductive age population - the decrease is much higher.
So that's good, right?
I don't get why some seem so determined to create a dark cloud for this silver lining.
It's good news, right?
My point is that correlation does not imply causation. It's just as easy to say that birth rates of teen gilrs in California are due to increased abortions as it is to say it is due to sex education and contraception. How do you prove either? Why did they come to the one conclusion and not the other? And yes, it is good news.....unless the reason is because innocent babies are being aborted.
State teen birthrate dropped to lowest level in 20 years - latimes.com
In 2011, the birthrate for teenage girls in California dropped to its lowest level since 1991, a state report released Wednesday announced.
Twenty-eight children were born in the state for every 1,000 teenage girls, a sharp decline from 1991 when the rate peaked at 70.9 births for every 1,000 teenage girls.
Public health experts say state laws are responsible for the decline because they require public schools that offer sex education classes to provide scientifically reliable instructions on how contraceptives work along with information about abstinence.
Reproductive health planning projects like the California Personal Responsibility Education Program are also credited with the lower numbers.
Sex Ed works...whoda thunk it? Rational folks that's who
State teen birthrate dropped to lowest level in 20 years - latimes.com
In 2011, the birthrate for teenage girls in California dropped to its lowest level since 1991, a state report released Wednesday announced.
Twenty-eight children were born in the state for every 1,000 teenage girls, a sharp decline from 1991 when the rate peaked at 70.9 births for every 1,000 teenage girls.
Public health experts say state laws are responsible for the decline because they require public schools that offer sex education classes to provide scientifically reliable instructions on how contraceptives work along with information about abstinence.
Reproductive health planning projects like the California Personal Responsibility Education Program are also credited with the lower numbers.
Sex Ed works...whoda thunk it? Rational folks that's who
It's really because I retired my penis.
What a silly comment. Go back and read the evidence.That is a legitimate point. The latest statistics I could find had California at 26 abortions per 1,000. That's teenagers - not the entire reproductive age population.
So it appears that with that factored in - the number has dropped at least 16.9 per 1,000. Assuming that teens are getting abortions at the same ratio as they were in 2008 in relation to all within the entire reproductive age population - the decrease is much higher.
So that's good, right?
I don't get why some seem so determined to create a dark cloud for this silver lining.
It's good news, right?
My point is that correlation does not imply causation.
